quote="Geezer"]http://www.ncnewsmedia.com/archive/2011/Halloween_11/STORIES/SPOOKY/Green_Man/image1.htmThe link is kind of archaic since you have to keep clicking for pics and to continue reading.Actually people(mostly kids) visited this guy on his walks back in the 30's and 40's also. Guys used to take girls with them to scare them(sadly for Mr Robinson). I saw him with a several buddies when I was about 15. When we came around a bend and the headlights hit his face I think I went into a slight case of shock.The guy's face did have a light olive tone to it(the story states the headlights caused this color).The best way I can describe him is that it looked like a plastic doll's face that had been melted and slid into a big smear.. The guy driving had worked on some nearby farms and talked to this guy several times; he'd given him, smokes,pop,sandwiches before. He stopped and talked with him, gave him a cigarette and lit it for him. He did that just to highlight the guy's face with the purpose of yanking the chains of those who'd never seen him before. Mr Robinson talked about how much walking he did and said some number of how many thousands of miles he had walked over the years.

Seemed like such a sad fate for someone and it made me wonder how awful it must be to have people seek you out like some sort of carnival freak.[/quote]

Here's the story of Mr Robinson if the link still works. I saw him in 1963 or so with some buddies; one of whom had talked to him several times and had given him smokes,pop,etc before. He was ghastly; I sort of looked at him out of the corner of my eyes.

Hockeynut! wrote:This is awesome - thanks for all of the leads so far! I've been to Livermore and Burkittsville. Lots of the others are new to me though. Did you know that the "Green Man" was a real guy? I found a pic of him online once. He was electrocuted and it burned his face off so they gave him a face mask like Richard in Boardwalk Empire. Everyone said he was a really nice guy.

I've read about a place called the Murder Swamp around New Castle where they found dismembered body parts back in the 30s. Would love to check that out some time.

I've read most of the "Weird" books. Their PA edition focuses heavily on the eastern side of the state, unfortunately. I love reading about stuff like this.

I saw a documentary about the headless bodies / torsos fond near New Castle (West Pittsburg I think) and also in Cleveland in the same era. The theory is that theses murders were committed by a railroad worker or a vagrant who hopped trains since the bodies were often found near railroad tracks. I'll try to find a link. They were never solved and the victims often were never identified. The Cleveland cases gained even more publicity because the Cleveland public safety director was none other than(the overated) Elliot Ness.

Emma Guffy Miller, the ghost of Miller Auditorium, was also said to have haunted North Hall at night. She has been seen by some crossing the sidewalks over to the hall, and watching over people in their rooms as they sleep. Many people have also inexplicably had their doors open in the middle of the night, despite them being locked. It is thought to be good luck if she watches over you.

I knew the Green Man was real, but never knew he lived near Beaver Falls...thanks for sharing the links. I guess the legend of him living near Library Road/Brownsville Road is just that - legend. Sad existence for the guy but the Wiki article made it out to seem as if he had family in his life which is good.